Buhas

Buhas (Ukrainian: Буга́с; Russian: Буга́с, romanized: Bugas; Greek: Μπουχάς) is a village in southeastern Ukraine, located in Volnovakha urban hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It was known as Maksymivka (Ukrainian: Максимівка) during the times of the Soviet Union.

Buhas Бугас
Village
Buhas as seen from the highway
Buhas Location of Velyka Novosilka within Donetsk Oblast Show map of Donetsk Oblast Buhas Buhas (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°38′04″N 37°33′41″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Volnovakha Raion
Hromada	Volnovakha settlement hromada
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,196

History

On 13 January 2015, during the War in Donbas, there was an artillery strike against a civilian bus near Buhas. According to early reports, 10 passengers died and 13 were injured.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1449, of whom 5.59% natively spoke Ukrainian, 70.39% spoke Russian, 22.29% spoke Greek, 0.14% spoke Belarusian and 0.07% spoke Armenian. Buhas is a multi-ethnic town, with the majority of the population being Ukrainian, Russian and Greek, with smaller Armenian and Belarusian communities, yet a significant part of the population stated at the time of the census to be from 'another' ethnicity and to speak 'another' native language.^[2]

Native languages in Buhas percent Russian   70.39% Greek   22.29% Ukrainian   5.59% Belarusian   0.14% Armenian   0.07% others   1.52%

Notable people

• Ivan Ordets, Ukrainian footballer